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package sun.awt;

/**
 * The AWTSecurityManager class provides the ability to secondarily
 * index AppContext objects through SecurityManager extensions.
 * As noted in AppContext.java, AppContexts are primarily indexed by
 * ThreadGroup.  In the case where the ThreadGroup doesn't provide
 * enough information to determine AppContext (e.g. system threads),
 * if a SecurityManager is installed which derives from
 * AWTSecurityManager, the AWTSecurityManager's getAppContext()
 * method is called to determine the AppContext.
 * 
 * A typical example of the use of this class is where an applet
 * is called by a system thread, yet the system AppContext is
 * inappropriate, because applet code is currently executing.
 * In this case, the getAppContext() method can walk the call stack
 * to determine the applet code being executed and return the applet's
 * AppContext object.
 * 
 * @author  Fred Ecks
 * @version 1.8 08/19/02
 */
public class AWTSecurityManager extends SecurityManager {
    /**
     * Get the AppContext corresponding to the current context.
     * The default implementation returns null, but this method
     * may be overridden by various SecurityManagers
     * (e.g. AppletSecurity) to index AppContext objects by the
     * calling context.
     * 
     * @return  the AppContext corresponding to the current context.
     * @see     sun.awt.AppContext
     * @see     java.lang.SecurityManager
     * @since   JDK1.2.1
     */
    public AppContext getAppContext() {
        return null; // Default implementation returns null
    }
} /* class AWTSecurityManager */
